DictationIM(8) BSD System Manager's Manual DictationIM(8)NAME
DictationIM -- Implements system-wide Dictation and command & control.
DESCRIPTION
DictationIM is an Input Method-based process that implements the UI portion of the system-wide Dictation feature in macOS. This process reg-
isters the appropriate set of spoken commands with the embedded speech recognition engine for the current state of the UI then responds to
any recognized commands by performing the expected action. Control over when this process is launched is primarily governed by the Input
Method system.
BSD November 29, 2016 BSD
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GETPID(2) BSD System Calls Manual GETPID(2)NAME
getpid, getppid -- get parent or calling process identification
LIBRARY
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
SYNOPSIS
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
pid_t
getpid(void);
pid_t
getppid(void);
DESCRIPTION
The getpid() system call returns the process ID of the calling process. Though the ID is guaranteed to be unique, it should NOT be used for
constructing temporary file names, for security reasons; see mkstemp(3) instead.
The getppid() system call returns the process ID of the parent of the calling process.
ERRORS
The getpid() and getppid() system calls are always successful, and no return value is reserved to indicate an error.
SEE ALSO fork(2), getpgrp(2), kill(2), setpgid(2), setsid(2), exec(3)STANDARDS
The getpid() and getppid() system calls are expected to conform to ISO/IEC 9945-1:1990 (``POSIX.1'').
HISTORY
The getpid() function appeared in Version 7 AT&T UNIX.
BSD November 2, 2006 BSD
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